I think one of the reasons the Three
Stooges remain as popular today as they were 70 years ago is that we still
laugh at the same basic antics in this world. And yet you just don’t
see the eye poking and hair ripping in today’s sitcoms. No one is sitting
on tacks or getting hit on the head with hammers. Maybe if some of the police and medical dramas added a cast of 3 bumpkins that fouled up in every situation
people wouldn’t leave the show thinking, “man the world is a sad place...”.
Instead they’d think, “man the world is full of maniacal nuts!…” and then
go to bed laughing and at peace.